GUN Did I miss the memo m80's are DD's?

As detectives were escorting Vaughn out of his home, one of them noticed what appeared to be an M-80 destructive device. A further search of the home revealed 178 homemade M-80 and M-100 destructive devices, and approximately 700 additional various devices under construction. The State Fire Marshal, the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms), and the Tampa Bay regional bomb squad assisted in the collection of the evidence.

Vaughn is being booked into the Polk County Jail this evening on 1 count Aggravated Cyber Stalking, 178 counts Possession of a Destructive Device, and 1 count Possession of Materials to Manufacture Destructive Device. The investigation is ongoing

I dont know about them being DDs, but I know they're outlawed and were regulated by the ATF in the 70s. But they're military simulators, and the govt doesnt like you having military simulators these days.

fucking talking heads were going on like the dude was planning and capable of annihilating the capitol in the middle of the state of the union. fucking alarmists can't even wait for the blood in "if it bleeds it leads". it was just like this onion parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgVF7NawNQ

shit makes me sick. i'm going to sound here, but I'm starting to think that media blows shit like this waaay out of proportion to scare the hell out of normal folks, but then turns around and demonizes people who opt to protect themselves and the guns they use to do so. The only option then, is more and dumber laws, thus increasing the dependency of the masses on the gov't, instead of fostering self-sufficiency and determination.

so really. If I were to say, take a ping pong ball, and fill that full of blackpowder, stick a fuse in it, tape the fuck out of it to get proper compression, and hypothetically light the fuse in my own back yard in the country. What would be illegal about that? no way could that be seen as a destructive device. Fuck Mortar shell fireworks are bigger explosions, but say, if you know, it was powerful enough to vaporize a watermelon, you know what would happen then if the cops go called. Jail time?